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YC-backed Namibian startup JABU gets $3.2M for its B2B e-commerce and retail play

TechCrunch

As a last-mile distribution e-commerce company, JABU joins a list of startups across the continent that help small retailers order and stock their products and, at the same time, provide data-driven services to suppliers and manufacturers. Then, he stumbled on the country’s B2B e-commerce retail opportunity. “We

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Rethinking digital transformation for the agentic AI era

CIO

B2C industries such as retail, media, healthcare, and personal banking where personalization is a service differentiator will undergo this paradigm shift first. Gen AI isnt just another technology; its an organizational nervous system that exponentially amplifies human intelligence, says Josh Ray , CEO of Blackwire Labs.

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IT leaders: check out how 2D barcodes and RFID are reinventing retail

CIO

The retail landscape has undergone massive shifts in recent years to adopt self-checkout systems. But major retailers like Walmart, Target, and Dollar General are starting to phase out self-check in some locations because they’ve contributed to higher rates of shoplifting and inventory loss. The benefits are potentially huge.

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Unlocking the full potential of enterprise AI

CIO

Research from Gartner, for example, shows that approximately 30% of generative AI (GenAI) will not make it past the proof-of-concept phase by the end of 2025, due to factors including poor data quality, inadequate risk controls, and escalating costs. [1] 4] On their own AI and GenAI can deliver value.

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Marketing automation startup Retail Rocket nabs $24M for expansion

TechCrunch

Retail Rocket , a retention management platform for brands, today announced that it raised $24 million in a Series A round led by Cyprus-based private equity fund Flintera. ” According to Khlebinsky, Retail Rocket uses a mathematical model to segment first-time buyers of a company’s product. . Image Credits: Retail Rocket.

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Build generative AI applications quickly with Amazon Bedrock IDE in Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio

AWS Machine Learning - AI

Consider a global retail site operating across multiple regions and countries. They have structured data such as sales transactions and revenue metrics stored in databases, alongside unstructured data such as customer reviews and marketing reports collected from various channels. Download all three sample data files.

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Bringg nabs $100M at a $1B valuation for a last-mile delivery platform for retailers

TechCrunch

With many consumers making the switch to online shopping in the last year due to COVID-19 and largely staying active on those platforms even after physical shops and the freedom to move about them have been restored, companies that are enabling those services are continuing to see a lot of business and attention.

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